Sheet-supporting device



. Oct. 5 1926. 1,602,341

2. w. DAY

SHEET SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Jan. 1 1925 INVENTOR.

ATT HEY:

i l I ZENO VJ. DAY OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SHEET-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Application filed January 14, 1925. Serial No. 2,397.

can be removed and replaced. The device is intended to replace the oldmethod of using thumb tacks for this purpose and there is no marring ofthe woodwork on which the articles are suspended.

The device comprises an elongated slotted supporting means into whichclips are mounted so that they can be slid, the clips having aprojecting part for suspending an element. A preferable manner ofsuspension is to form the clip so that it projects inwardly anddownwardly so that its end forms a spring finger to hold a sheet againstthe surface immediately below the slot.

In order to make the invention clear,- I have illustrated it in the formof a molding which is placed over a blackboard and not only co-operateswith the frame thereof for holding purposes, but forms a finish and isinconspicuous as a molding on the top edge of the frame.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawing in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of part of the blackboard frame with anembodiment of my improved supporting means thereon and Figure 2 is'asection on line 22 in Figurev 1, this section beingon an enlarged scale.

10 indicates the frame, the top rail 11 of which is provided with thesupporting device which consists of a sheet metal moldingformed with abase 12, an upright 13 and a top 14. The top'14 projects forwardly anddownwardly at an angle and preferably terminates short of the front edgea support with a longltudinal slot, a V- of the base, this terminationnot being essential but being preferred to allow the insertion of thefastening screws or nails 15 from the top.

Insertible from the front and slidable transversely in the molding, areclips, these clips preferably-consisting of a strip of sheet metal bentinto a U-shaped part as at 16, one arm 1.7 of which bears on the baseand the other arm engagesthe top of the mold-- mg and. to cause it to beheld against outward movement. I place the vgroove or channel part 18 onthe end of the arm that engages the top, which not only holds the 'clipagainst slidinglaterally in the grooved element, but provides a slightprojection which can be pushed down to permit the withdrawal of theclip.

The arm 17 is extended beyond the grooved part and is usually bentdownwardly and inwardly to form the part 19' which bears against thesheet to be suspended as for instance, the map 20 or the announcementsheet 21. If the clips are not being used for supporting the device theycan be slid along the grooved part and assembled as at 22.

The molding can be mounted on the top pending transparent sheetstherefrom or for the purpose of supporting the shade temporarily inposition. In fact, the device can be used in any place where temporarysuspension of a sheet of material is desired.

I claim a v I 1. A sheet supporting device comprising an elongatedsupport with a slot therein, and a clip having a doubled portion to bearby spring action on the edges of the slot and having one arm of saidportion extended so as to'engage the support and form a means forsuspending a sheet.

2. A sheet supporting device comprising a support'with .a longitudinalslot, a V'- shaped spring metal clip to engage the edges of the slot,one of the arms of said clip eX- tending downwardly and inwardly to forma lip to engage a sheet on the front of the support.

3. A sheet supporting 'device comprising shaped spring metal clip toengage the edges of the slot, one of the arms of said clip extendingdownwardly and inwardly to form a lip to engage a sheet on the front ofthe support, and the other arm of the V-shaped part being provided witha recess to fit against the edge of the slot.

4. A sheet supporting device comprising a sheet metal support formedinto a flat 5 base, an upright back and an inclined top terminatingshort of the base, and a clip of spring metal formed into a V-shapedpart to engage the base and front edge of the top, the bottom arm of thesaid part extending inwardly and downwardly beyond the slot In testimonythat I claim the foregoing,

I have hereto set my hand, this 14th day of November, 1924.

ZENO WV. DAY.

